Question
Research Methodology and Methods Question on Data Collection and Analysis
Which of the statements is not true?
In a non-doctrinal legal research, the researcher tries to investigate through empirical data how law and legal institutions affect or mould human attitudes and what impacton society they create.
Non-doctrinal legal research aims at highlighting the 'gaps' that exist between the 'law-in-the statute book' (that is, the image of law projected in the books) and 'law-in-action' (that is, the perception it exhibits in reality), and impact of law on the social behavior.
In a non- doctrinal legal research intending to assess the impact of non-legal factors or events upon legal processes or decisions, legal doctrines may appear either as a response to non-legal events or as a factor conditioning the impact of non-legal events.
Non-doctrinal legal research aims at highlighting the 'gaps' that exist between the 'law-in-the statute book' (that is, the image of law projected in the books) and 'law-in-action' (that is, the perception it exhibits in reality), and but not the impact of law on the social behavior.
Non-doctrinal legal research aims at highlighting the 'gaps' that exist between the 'law-in-the statute book' (that is, the image of law projected in the books) and 'law-in-action' (that is, the perception it exhibits in reality), and but not the impact of law on the social behavior.
Solution
The correct option is (D): Non-doctrinal legal research aims at highlighting the 'gaps' that exist between the 'law-in-the statute book' (that is, the image of law projected in the books) and 'law-in-action' (that is, the perception it exhibits in reality), and but not the impact of law on the social behavior.